News Ofsted watch: A mostly positive week for FE and skills It’s been a mostly positive week for FE and skills, with one provider receiving a grade two on its… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News 3aaa co-founder embroiled in police probe resigns as chair of academy trust The co-founder of Aspire Achieve Advance has resigned from his position as chair of an academy trust, after the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Colleges to march on parliament in funding protest Up to 3,000 people are expected to march on parliament on Wednesday to demand more funding for colleges. The… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Concerns raised about the quality of maths centres for excellence The government has insisted “quality” was a factor in choosing 21 colleges to share £40 million funding as maths… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Have hopes for the new national colleges been derailed? Nearly three years ago the government pledged to create five national colleges that would train more than 20,000 students… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News DfE wastes £2.3m on UTCs and studio schools that never opened The Department for Education has wasted more than £2.3 million over the last five years on studio schools, UTCs… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Revealed: 37 colleges and providers chosen for first wave of Taking Teaching Further funding The first colleges to train 80 industry experts as teachers for part of the £5 million Taking Teaching Further… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Multi-academy trust backs chair embroiled in 3aaa police probe An expanding academy trust is backing its chair despite the government referring his giant private training provider to the… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News Major subcontractor heavily criticised in ‘insufficient’ Ofsted monitoring visit report A major subcontractor has been heavily criticised in a new apprenticeship provider Ofsted monitoring visit report that found it… Jude Burke 7y Jude Burke 7y News Exclusive DfE refers 3aaa to police following investigation The Department for Education has referred Aspire Achieve Advance to the police following its investigation into the crisis-hit provider…. Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y News FE Commissioner report reveals ‘cash crisis’ and falling achievement at Northumberland College Northumberland College has undergone a “cash flow crisis” and could see its finances plummet further, according to an intervention… Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y Pippa Allen-Kinross 7y News Exclusive Apprenticeship giant 3aaa put into administration Crisis-hit Aspire Achieve Advance has gone into administration – putting 500 jobs and the future of 4,500 apprentices at… Billy Camden 7y Billy Camden 7y Newer 1 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 809 Older Must read Long read, Prison education Long read The prison that’s offering hope for a new life upon release ‘We’re saving people’s lives as well as turning them around’ Jessica Hill 2w Jessica Hill 2w Apprenticeships, Politics Exclusive Phillipson to exempt young people from level 7 apprenticeships funding axe Education secretary makes ‘important concession’ amid backlash from other government departments Billy Camden 4w Billy Camden 4w Colleges, FE Commissioner Exclusive Weston chair felt powerless over £2.5m payments to former principal Ex-Weston college chair gives tell-all interview following FE Commissioner probe Anviksha Patel 1mo Anviksha Patel 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges Weston College governance failure allowed ‘concealment’ of £2.5m payments to former principal Paul Phillips was paid £1.8m in 2023, including a ‘significant’ six-figure retention payment which his COO son ‘resisted’ paying… Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo T Levels NAO reveals enormity of T Level take-up failure Forecasts missed by 75% and secret DfE estimates show staff and employer shortages could limit places to 48,000 students Anviksha Patel 2mo Anviksha Patel 2mo Adult education, ITPs Investigation Mayors dump adult education cuts on independent training providers Up to two-thirds axed from devolved procured budgets Josh Mellor 2mo Josh Mellor 2mo
